Note : Les descriptions sont présentées dans la langue officielle dans laquelle elles ont été soumises.
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Dr. My/BuO098
Phenvl-1,2.5-oxadiazolecarboxamide-2-oxides
The pre~ent invention relates to phenyl-1,2,5-oxadiazole-
carboxamide-2~3xides, to processe~ for their preparation and to
heir use.
4-Phenyl-1,2,5-oxadiazole-3-carboxamide and 3-phenyl-
1,2,5-oxadiazole-4-carboxamide are already known and are
described in Liebigs Ann. Chem. 1990, 335-338. The corresponding
phenyl and hexyl amides are also known and are described in Ann.
Chim. (Rome) 58 (1968), 200-212. ~owever, nothing has yet been
disclosed about the pharmacological properties of thi~ cla~s of
substance.
The present invention relates to phenyl-1,2,5-oxadiazole-
carboxamide-2-oxide~ of the general formula I
R2 Rl
(I)
`o' ~Oe
in which one of the radical~ R1 and R2 repre3ent R 7
R
and the other represent~ O
-C-NR3R4,
where
R3 and R4 independently of one another denote (C1-C5)-alkyl,
( C5-C~ ) -cycloalkyl, -(C~2)~-NR5R3, -~C~2)~-oR5, -(C~2)m-CooR5,
-CH(Alk)-COOR5, -(C~2)~-CoNR5R3, -C~(Alk)-CONR5R3,
r~ C H 2 )
~(CH2~n~N J , -(C~2)~-aryl or -(C~2)~-heteroaryl
and R4 al~o denote~ hydrogen or R3 and R4, together with the
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nitrogen atom bondlng them, form a heterocycle;
Rs and R~ independently of one another denote hydrogen, (C1-C5)-
alkyl, ( C5-C~ ) -cycloalkyl, benzyl or phenethyl;
Alk denote~ (C1-Cs)-alkyl;
n represent~ 2, 3 or 4 and
m represents 1, 2 or 3; and
R7 and R3 independently of one another denote hydrogen, (C1-C4)-
alkyl, (C1-C4)-alkoxy, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, nitro or
trifluoromethyl;
and their pharmacologically acceptable acid addition compounds.
The (C1-Cs)-, (Cl-C5)- or (C1-C~)-alkyl groups
representirlg R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R3 or Alk can be straight-chain or
branched. Examples are methyl, ethyl, n-propyl, i-propyl, n-
butyl, i-butyl, ~ec-butyl, tert-butyl or hexyl. The same applies
to ( C;-C4 ) -alkoxy groups representing R7 or Ra.
(C5-C7)-cycloalkyl representing R3, R4, R5 or R8
preferably denotes cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl.
In the -(C~2),-aryl group representing R3 or R4, aryl is
preferably 6- to 14-membered. Preferred -(C~2)~-aryl radicals are
phenyl, benzyl and phenylethyl.
In the -(CH2)~"-heteroaryl group representing R3 or R4,
heteroaryl is preferably 5- to 7-membered and i9 derived, for
example, from pyrrole, pyrrolidine, imidazole, pyridine,
piperidine, morpholine or piperazine.
The aryl and heteroaryl groups can optionally also be
monosubstituted or poly~ubstituted. Suitable substituents are,
for example, (C1-C")-alkyl, (Cl-C4)-alkoxy, amino, (C~-C4)-
alkylamino, di-( Cl-c4 ) -alkyl~m;no, (C~-C~)-alkanoylamino, halogen,
preferably fluorine, chlorine or bromine, hydroxyl, nitro or
cyano.
A heterocycLe formed from R3, R4 ~nd the nitrogen atom
bonding them i9~ for example, pyrrolidine, piperidine, morpholine
or piperazine, where the second nitrogen atom in the piperazine
can also be Rubstltuted by a radical R5.
The radicals R7 and R8 can be bonded in any free
position~ of the phenyl ring. 2,3- or 2,4-sub~titution is
preferred.
Preferably, R3 denote~ (C1-C~)-alkyl and R~ denotes
hydrogen. It is moreover preferred if R3 denotes -(C~2)nN((C1-C8)-
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alXyl) and R~ denotes hydrogen. The
R 7
f~
R8
representing R1 or R2 preferably denotes phenyl.
Very particularly preferably R3 denotes -(C~2)~N((C1-Cs)-
alkyl) 2 and R4, R7 and Ra denote hydrogen.
The compounds of the general formula I can be prepared,
for example, by oxidising a compound of the general formula II
R2 Rl
N ~ ~ I (II)
OH OH
in which R~ and R2 are defined as indicated above.
The oxidi ing agents which can be employed here are
conventional reagents such as, for example, halogens, alkali
metal hypochlorites, lead(IV)acetate, iron5III) salts such as,
for example, potas~ium ferricyanide, or nitrous gases, such as,
for example, N204. The reaction is preferably carried out in a
solvent, such as, for example, water, an alcohol, an ether, ethyl
acetate, methylene chloride, cyclohexane, DMF, DMSO, benzene,
toluene or chlorobenzene, at temperatures from -10C to 50C,
preferably from -5C to 25C.
In the said oxidation, the compounds of the general
formula I are as a rule obtained in the form of isomer mixtures.
These can be separated, however, by known method such as
recrystallisation or chromatographic method~, in particular
column chromatograpny.
Isomer mixtures are also obtained when a pure i~omer is
heated on its own or in an inert solvent to temperatures from 50
to 200C or photolysed ~t O to 50C. By separation of the mixture
obtained in this way, it i~ thu~ possible to convert one i~omer
into the other.
The compounds of the general formula II can be prepared
by reaction of compoundQ of the general formula III
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F~ 7
S~N - O H ( ~ I I )
R 9 N O ~
with an amine ~NR3R4, where R3 and R4 are defined as indicated
ahove. The reaction is preferably carried out in an inert solvent
at temperatures from 0 to 50C.
The preparation of the compound of the formula III i
described in Ann. Chim. (Rome) (1968), 58(2), 189~199, and in
Ann. Chim. (Rome) (1959), 49, 2083-2088-
An alternative process for the preparation of compounds
of the general formula I according to the invention consists in
reacting a compound of the general formula IV
R9 R10
(IV)
~O ~ ~O e
in ~hich one of the radicals x8 and R~3 represents R7
R 9
and the other represents a reactive acid group, such as, for
example,
o o o
Il 11 11
-C-O-(Cl-C6)Al~yl, -C-O-C-O-(C~-C6)Al~yl,
o
Il 11 1~ 11
-C-O-C-(Cl-C6)Alkyl, -C-Cl or -C-Br
with an amine ENR3R4, in which R3 and R4 are defined as indicated
above.
The reaction i9 advantageously carried out in the
presence of a base which neutrali~e~ the acids formed. Preferred
base~ are alkali metal carbon tes, Ruch a3 ~odium hydrogen
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carbonate or pota~ium hydrogen carbonate or sodium carbonate or
potas-~ium carbonate, alkali metal hydroxide~, such as sodium
hydroxide, potassium hydroxide or lithium hydroxide, alkali metal
alkoxides, such as sodium methoxide or potassium methoxide,
sodium ethoxide or potassium ethoxide or potassium tert-butoxide,
alkali metal hydrides, such as sodium hydride or potassium
hydride, alkali metal amide~, such a~ sodium amide or lithium
diisopropylamide or organic bases such a pyridine or triethyl-
amine. These bases are preferably employed in molar amounts.
Suitable solvent~ are, for example, ether, T~F, alcohols,
toluene, DMF and DMSO. The temperatures are 0 to 100C,
preferably 0 to 50C.
If appropriate, the compounds of the general formula I
according to the invention prepared by one of the processes above
can be converted into other compounds of the general formula I
according to the invention by modification of the ~ub~tituents.
For example, the ~ide chain -Co-N~-C(C~2)mCooR5 can be
convert~d by reaction with an amine ~NR5R5 into the side chain
-Co-NH-(C~2)DCoNR5R5. The ~ame is possible with the side chain
-CO-NH-C~(Alk)-COOR5.
By the process indicated above, compound~ of the
general formula Ia o
Z C-NR3R4
~ (Ia
eO~ ~o~N
and of the general formula Ib O
z C-NR3R4 (Ib)
`o' ~Oe
according to the invention, for example, can be prepared in which
Z in each ca-~e represents phenyl, 2-, 3- or 4-methoxyphenyl or
3,4-dimethoxyphenyl and -NR3R4 in each case represents:
-N~2; -N~C~13; -N~ICEIzCE3; -NEI ( C~12 ) 2C~3; -N~ ( C112 ) 3C~3; -NH ( C~2 ) ~C~3;
-N~ ( C~2 ) 5C~3; -N~cycloC5~ll; N~IcycloC5I~9; -N}~ ( CI~2 ) 2N ( C~I3 ) 2; -N~-
(CEI2)2N(C~2C~3)2; -N~(CEI2)2N(CEl2C~2C~2C~3)2; -N}I-(C~2)2N(C~(C~3)2)2;
-N~- ( C~2 ) 2N~C~ ( C~3 ) 2; -Nl~ ( C~I2 ~ 2N~IcycloC5~ l; -NH ( C~I2 ) 3N ( C~2c}~3 ) 2;
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-N~-(C~2)2-N O; -NH~CH2)2 N ~ ; -~H(CHz)2N~-~N-cH3;
-N~C~32C~(CE~3) 2; -NH(C~2)3N~ C~3) 2;
~ / \
-NH(~H2~3-N~-~i -NH(CH2)3 H ~ ; -NHCH2c(cH3)3;
-N~(C~2) 4N(CH3) 2; -N~(c~2)3N~cyclocsHll;
-NH(C~)3NHC( C~13) 3; -N~(C~2)20CH3; -NH(CH2)20C~2CH3;
-N~(CH2)20(0H2)C~3; -NH(C~2)zOc~(c~33)2; -NH(C~2)30C~3;
-NH(C~2)40CH3; -NH(C~2)30C~2C~I3; -N~(CHZ)30(c~2)3cH3;
-NH(C~2)20H; -NH(CH2)30E~; -NH(CHz)20cyclocsHs;
-NEI(CH2)2phenyl; -NHCH2phenyl; -NH(CH2)3phenyl;
-NH(C~2)2(3,4-di-OCH3-phenyl); -N~CH2(4-OC~3-phenyl);
-N~CH2COOCH3; -NHC~I2COOC~; -NHCH2COOCH2CH3; -NI~C~IaCONH2;
-NHCH2CONHCH3; -NHCH2CON(CH2C~3)2; -NH(CH2)2COOE~;
-N~(C~2)2COOCH(C~3)2; -NH(C~2)2CoNHC~2CH3; -NH(CH2)3COOH;
-NH(CEIz)3CONH(CH2)3C~I3; -NH(C~I~)3CONH2;
-NH(CH2)3COOCH2CH3; -NHCEI2(3-pyridyl);
-NH(CH2)2(4-pyridyl); -NH(C~2)2(4-imidazolyl);
-NHCH2(2-pyridyl); -N~CH(CH3)COOH; -N}~CH(C~(CH3)2)CONH2;
-N~CH(CE~2C~I(C~3)2)CON(c~3)2;
-NH(CH2)2(2-oxopyrrolidin-l-yl) or
-NH(CH2J3(2-oxopyrrolidin-l-yl).
Compounds of the general formula I according to the
20 invention which contain a basic group can form salts with
inorganic or organic acids. Suitable acid~ for the formation of
pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts are, for
example: hydrogen chloride~ hydrogen bromide, naphthalene-
disulphonic acid~, in psrticular 1,5-naphthalenedi-~ulphonic acid,
25 phosphoric, nitric, ~ulphuric, oxalic, lactic, tartaric, acetic,
salicylic, b~nzoic, formic, propionic, pivalic, diethylacetic,
malonic, succinic, pimelic, fumaric, maleic, malic, ~ulfamic,
phenylpropionic, gluconic, ascorbic, isonicotinic, me~hane-
sulphonic, p-toluenesulphonic, citric or adipic acid. The acid
30 addition ~alts can be prepared in the customary manner by com-
bination of the component, expediently in a 3uit ble solvent or
diluent.
The compound~ of the seneral formula I and their
pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts have useful
35 pharmacological properties. In the guinea-pig
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potas~ium-depolarised pulmonary artery model, they lead at low
concentrations to a long-lasting relaxation. This action can be
inhibited by oxyhaemoglobin, which points to an NO-mediated
mechanism. Nitrogen monoxide leads, as an activator of guanylate
cyclase, to an increase in cyclic guanosine monophosphate, which
causes a relaxation in the smooth muscle and antiadhesive and
antiagg~egatory actions in the blood platelet~. Nitrogen monoxide
is additionally also crucially involved in learning processes, in
the regulation of kidney function, in immune defence, in septic
shoc~ and in erectile dys~unction~. The compounds according to
the invention can thus be employed in the said indications. Above
all, however, NO donors have proven suitable for the treatment
and prophylaxi~ of angina pectori~.
Compounds according to general formula I, in which R3
and R4 denote hydrogen or R3 denotes hexyl or phenyl and R4
denotes hydrogen, have in fact already been described as such, as
indicated above, however to date nothing is known about tneir
pharmacological properties. It has now been found that these
compounds have the same pharmacological properties as the com-
pounds of the general formula Io They can be prepared analogouslyto the processes indicated above.
The compounds of the general formula I
R2
~0~ ~O
in which one of the radicals R1 and R2 represent~ R 7
,~
R8
and the other represents O
ll
-C-NR3R
where
R3 and R~ independently of one another denote hydrogen, (C1-Cs~-
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alkyl, ~ C5-C~ ) -cycloalkyl, -(C~2)n-NRsR6, -(C~)n-oR5, -(CHzj~-COOR~
-CH(Alk)-COOR5, -(CH2)m-CoNR5R6, -C8(Alk)-CONRsRa,
~( CH2 ) ;1;
~ ~ 2 ) n ~~ I - ( CH2)m-aryl or -( C~2 )~-heteroaryl
or phenyl or R3 and R4, together with the nitrogen atom bonding
S them, form a heterocycle;
R5 and R6 independently of one another denote hydrogen, (Cl-C6)-
alkyl, ( C5-c7 ) -cycloalkyl, benzyl or phenethyl;
Alk denotes ( Cl-C6 ) -alkyl;
n represents 2, 3 or 4 and
m represents 1, 2 or 3; and
R7 and R8 independently of one another denote hydrogen,
(C1-C4)-alkyl, (C1-C~)-alkoxy, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, nitro
or trifluoromethyl and their pharmacologically acceptable acid
addition ~alts can therefore be admini~tered in humans a~ medi-
cines per se, in mixtures with one another or in the form ofpharmaceutical preparations which permit enteral or parenteral
use and which as active constituent contain an effective dose of
at least one compound of the general formula I or of an acid
addition Ralt thereof, in addition to customary pharmaceutically
innocuou~ excipients and additive~.
The medicine~ can be administered orally, for example
in the form of pill~, tablet~, coated tablets, 3ugar-coated
tablet~, hard and soft gelatin capsule~, solutions, syrup~,
emulsion~ or su3pen3ions, or aerosol mixtures. ~owever,
administration can also be carried out rectally, for example ir.
the form of supposi~GrieY, or parenterally, for example in the
form of injection ~olutions, or percutaneously, for example in
the form of ointments or tinctures.
For the production of the pharmaceutical preparations,
pharmaceutically inert inorganic or organic excLpients can be
used. Por the preparation of pills, tablet~, ~ugar-coated tablets
and hard gelatin capsules, lactose, maize starch or derivatives
thereof, talc, stearic acid or its salt~, etc., for example, can
be used. Excipients for ~oft gelatin capsules and 3uppositorie
are, for example, fats, waxes, semi-solid and liquid polyols,
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natu~al or hardened oil3 ~ etc. Suitable excipient3 ror the
production of solutions and syrups are, for example, water,
sucrose, invert sugar, glucose, polyols, etc. Suitable excipients
for the production of injection solutions are, for example,
water, alcohols, glycerol, polyol~ or vegetable oils.
In addition to the active compounds and excipient~, the
pharmaceutical preparations can alQo contain additives, such as,
for example, filler , extenders, disintegrants, binders,
lubricants, wetting agent.~, stabilisers, emulsifiers,
preservative~, sweeteners, colorant3, flavourings or aromatisers,
buffer substances, and also solvents or solubilisers or agents
for achieving a depot effect, as well as salts for changing the
osmotic pressure, coating agents or antioxidants. They can also
contain two or more compound~ of the general formula I or their
pharmacologically acceptable acid addition salts and additionally
other therapeutically active substances.
Other therapeutically active substances of thi3 type
are, for example: ~-receptor blockers, such as, for example,
propranolol, pindolol, metoprolol; vasodilator3, such as, for
example, carbocromen; tranquillizers, such as, for example,
barbituric acid derivatives, 1,4-benzodiazepineQ and meprobamate;
diuretics, such as, for example, chlorothiazide; cardiotonic
agents, such as, for example, digitali~ preparations; hypoten~ive
agents, ~uch as, for example, hydralazine, dihydralazine,
ramipril, prazosin, clonidine, rauwolfia alkaloids; agents which
reduce the fatty acid level in the blood, such as, for example,
bezafibrate, fenofibrate; and agents ~or thrombosi~ prophylaxis,
such as, for example, phenprocoumon.
The compounds of the general formula I, their pharmaco-
logically acceptable acid addition salts and pharmaceuticalpreparations which contain the compound3 of the general formula I
or their pharmacologically acceptable a~id addition 3alts as
active compounds can be used in humans in the control or
prevention of disorders of the cardiova3cular system, for example
as antihypertensive medicines in the variou3 forms of high blood
pressure, and in the control or prevention of angina pectoris,
etc. Moreover, they can also be employed for the treatment of
erectile dysfunction~. The do~e can vary within wide limits and
is to be adapted to the individual conditions in each individual
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case. In general, in the case of oral administration a daily dose
of about 0.5 to 100 mg, preferably 1 to 20 mg, is ad~quate per
human individual. In the ca~e of other admini3tration forms, the
daily dose, because of the good ab~orption of the active
compounds, is alqo in similar ranges of amounts, i.e. in general
also 0.5 to 100 mgthuman. The daily dose i~ normally divided into
several, for example 2 to 4, part administrations.
Examples
1. N-Methyl-4-phenyl-1.2.5-oxadiazole-3-carboxamide-2-oxide and
N-methyl-3-phenyl-1 2 5-oxadiazole-4-carboxamide-2-oxide
a) Somewhat more than the equi olar amount of methyl~;ne (2 g)
is passed into a mixture of 9.5 g of 3-phenyl-4-hydroximino-
isoxazol-5-one and 50 ml of methanol. The mixture is stirred at
room temperature for 48 hours and then in an ice-bath. The pre-
cipitate iY then filtered off with suction, washed with a littie
methanol and dried.
Yield: 8.7 g of N-methyl-3-phenyl-2,3-dihydroximinopropionamide
M.p.: 149C (dec.)
b) 21 ml of a 14 ~ Ytrength Rodium hypochlorite solution are
added dropwise to an ice-cooled solution of 7.2 g of the compound
according to a) in 23 ml of 2 N sodium hydroxide solution. Aft r
15 minutes, the precipitate is filtered off with suction, waqhed
with water, dried and separated by column chromatography (silica
gel; cyclohexane : ethyl acetate ~ 8 : 2). 2.9 g of 4-phenyl
compound re~ult having an m.p. of 117-9C and 2.4 g of the 3-
phenyl compound ha~ing an m.p. of 134 - 6C.
2. N-(2-Diçthylaminoethyl?-4-phenyl-1,2 5-oxadiazole-3-
carboxa~ide-2-oxide and N-(2-diethylaminoethyl ! -3-phenyl-1.2 5-
oxadioazole-4-carboxamide-2-oxide
a) N-(2-Diethylaminoethyl)-3-phenyl-2,3-dihydrox;~;nopropion~;de
i9 prepared analogously to the information in Example la).
M.p.: 157 - 8 (dec.).
b) 25 ml of a 14 % strength sodium hypochlorite solution are
added dropwise to an ice-cooled 801ution of 10 7 g of the com-
pound according to a) in 35 ml of 2 N ~odium hydroxide solution.
After 20 minutes, the oily produc~ mixture i extracted with
ethyl acetate and, after concentrating in vacuo, separated by
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column chromatography (silica gel; cyclohexane : acetone -
7 : 3~. In this way, 4.5 g of the 4-phenyl compound and 2.9 g of
the 3-phenyl compound are obtained, in each case a~ an oil.
The following can be obtained analogou~ly to Example~ 1
and 2:
3. N-(2-~ydroxyethyl)-3-phenyl-1,2,5-oxadiazole-4-carboxamide-
2-oxide (m.p.: 120 - 121C) and N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-4-phenyl-
1,2,5-oxadiazole-3-carboxamide-2-oxide (m.p.: 104 - 106C) from
N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-3-phenyl-2,3-dihydroximinopropion~m;de (m.p.:
179 - 81C (dec.)).
4. N-Methyl-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-1,2,5-oxadiazole-4-
carboxamide-2-oxide (m.p.: 156 - 8C) and N-methyl-4-(3,4-
dimethoxyphenyl)-l~2~5-oxadiazole-3-carboxamide-2-oxide (m.p.:
145 - 8C) from N-methyl-3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2,3-dihydrox-
iminopropionamide (m.p.: 136C (dec.)).
5. N-Butyl-3-phenyl-l,2,5-oxadiazole-4-carboxamlde-2-oxide
(oil) and N-butyl-4-phenyl-1,2,5-oxadiazole-3-carboxamide-2-oxide
(m.p.: 76 - 8C) from N-butyl-3-phenyl-2,3-dihydroximino-
propionamide (oil).
6. N-(3-Diethylaminopropyl)-3-phenyl-1,2,5-oxadiazole-4-
carboxamide-2-oxide (oil) and N-(3-diethylaminopropyl)-4-phenyl-
1,2,5-oxadiazole-3-carboxamide-2-oxide (oil) from N-(3-diethyl-
aminopropyl)-3-phenyl-2,3-dihydroximinopropionamide (m.p.: 157C
(dec.)).
The compound~ of the following table can additionally
be obtained:
Rl R2
~O~
Rl ~,2M . p .
7~ CONHCH2~121-3C
7tl -OONHCH2 ~ ~ 9C
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Rl R2 M. p .
o
da ~3 -CONH-tCH2~3-N~) 109-10C
-CONH ~ CH2 ) 3 -N~ ~9~-7C
9a ~ -CONH-(CH2)3 N~tl 111-3C
9b -CONH- ~ CH2 ) 3-N~q ~315C-8C
~N
lOa ~3 -CONHCH2-CO-Nt~2 213-~C
lOb -CONtlCH2-CO-NH ~ ~ 3 204-6~C
-CON N-CH3lOd-8C
llb -CON N-CH3 ~3 123-~C
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Rl B,2 M.p .
12~ ~3 CH2)aN~ IPr)2 HCt 12~-30C
12~ ~coNH~cH2)2N(lpr)2~Hcl ~ from 82C dec.
13a ~M- -coNH~cH2)2~lpr)212~-6C
OM-
133 -CONH~C~2)2N~tPr)2 ~-132-~C
0~
14d ~3 -C4NH-CH2~N 1 IS-6C
14~ -CONH--CH2~ _~3 144-3C
~3 -CI~N~I ~ CH2 ) 2~ 1 t3-5C
151~ -coNHlcil2)2~ ~ 3-5C
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Rl p~2 M . p .
16a~ -c~NHtcH2~2~3 77-9C
16b-CoNH~cH2~a~ 3 110-1C
1 7a~ -CONH ~ CH2 ) z -ilH2 Oil
17b~H~CH2)2 N~2 ~3 Oil
lo~~--12 ~CONH-tcsl2~2-~ltl~r~2 ll~-~C
lt~CONH(cH2~ 2-N~ 1 P') 2 ~2 7~-C1C
19~CONHtC112~3N~2 Oil
1 ~b H ~ CH2 ) 3N~ 2 ~ 33-!5C
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3-(3,4-Dimethoxiphenyl)-N-pyrid-3-yl-methyl)-1,2,5-
oxadiazole-4-carbonamide-2-oxide m.p.: 153-155C.
21 3-(3,4-Dimethoxiphenyl)-N-pyrid-3-yl-methyl)-1,2,5-
oxadiazole-~-carbonamide-2-oxide m.p.: 111-114C.
22 4-(4-Nitrophenyl)-N-(2-diisopropylamino-ethyl)-1,2,5-
oxadiazole-3-carbonamide-2-oxide m.p.: 114C-115C.
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The followinq values were obtained:
Compound IC~o (mol/l~
la 1 x 10-6
4a 5 x 10-~
5a 7 x 1o-7
6a 4 x 10-'
7a 3 x 10-'
7b 2 x 10-6
lOa 1 x 10-g
12b 2 x 10-6
13a 3 x 10-7
14a 5 x 10-'
14b 1 x 1--~
15Mol~idomine 3 x 10
(comparison)
Isosorbide-5-
mononitrate > 1 x 1 o~4
(compari~on)
The pharmacological action of the compounds of the
general formula I was determined by a modified method of
Godfraind and Kaba (Arch. Int. Pharmacodyn. Ther. 195, (Suppl) 35
to 49, 1972) and by Schuman et al (Naunyn-Schmiedeberg~s Arch.
Pharmacol. 289, 409 to 418, 1975). In this method, spiral strips
of the pulmonary artery of the guinea-pig are depolari~ed with
40 mmol/l of pota3sium after equiliberation in calcium-free
Tyrode solution. An addition of O.5 mmol/l of CaCl2 then induces a
contraction.
The relaxing action of the te~t sub~tance i~ determined
by cumulative addition in 1/2 log 10 graded concentration~. From
the concentration-action curve (ab8ci9~a: -log mol/l te~t sub-
stance, ordinate: % inhibition of the maximum contraction, aver-
age value of 4 to 6 vessel ~trip~), the con~entration of the test
~ubstance i8 determined which inhibits the contraction by 50%
(-IC50, mol/l).
